liberation

nouncommon in dialogue

//ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən//

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

noun

1
The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
The liberation of American slaves was accomplished by the Department of War, that of British slaves by the Exchequer.
People saw in the elders, who were closer to death, the manifestation of the divine force that was thought to achieve its full liberation at death.
2
Synonym of conquest or theft.
3
The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.
women's liberation... black liberation... gay liberation...

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing”), from liberare past participle liberatus (“set free”); see liberate. By surface analysis, liberate + -ion.

Forms

plural: liberations

Liberal · A political party and philosophy liberate · Often followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or…liberated · Freed, especially from traditional ideas in social and sexual…

liberation · The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

liberty · The condition of being free.Liberty · A surname. A surname from French.librarian · The keeper, manager of a library.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.